Topic: TARCanada2 EP 2 LIVE SHOW Discussion July 15 @ 9PM

[georgiapeach]

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[georgiapeach]

No posting until 845PM please.

[Leafsfan.]

11 teams started Amazing Race this country seen.

RB pushed teams over the edge.

Another challenge steeped in frustration, the tea title quote shown

Olympic Gold medalist stick handled their way to glory. Win EPs

Meanwhile at flood BF's eliminated due to penalty

Now the intro.

[Leafsfan.]

Victoria the capital of BC. One of the countries most beautiful cities. Its western Canada;s oldest cities.

Make your to way up the coast to Tofino BC. tree hugging capital of world. World class surfing destination. They are flying to Tofino.

$100 for this leg of the race.

They are starting in the middle of the night. First three teams departed. Nicole and COrmac depart at546a,.

3 fligts landing hour apart - N/M AA RB C/N on first fliht. Rex bob in first in Tofino. Lesbians leavee at 550. S/J 556 speak in Punjabi with the taxi driver! And mickey and pete are in second flight. The other three are in last plane.

Take electric car after unplugging to a beach whose name i cant remember?

Rex and Bob arrive at beach.

Detour:
Shape eyes or Sharpe knife.

Uculet harbour seafood - knife. Suit up and slice seveal fillets upto 30 pounds. Sharp Eye: Sort 1000 pounds fish to five different bins.

[Leafsfan.]

RB is doing eyes

LOL RB say STF* tp each other. This task is hard.

AA is doing sorting too

Cormac and Nicole are doing sorting too and are third

Hockey arrives in fourth

Second fligt arrived

Beach is called Wickhanash beach??

[Leafsfan.]

RB fail first attempt at sorting.

AA is confused. This is a hard challenge.

AA speaking in french and say they are switching.

AA I will never eat sushi again lmao

Teams still struggling at detour.

Cormac and Nicole fail first attempt

Re and Bob fail third attempt

hockey fails second attempt

AA halfway to 13 pounds. They only have an x amount of fish and if they are out they must do the other detour.

Second flight has arrived at detour. M/P sorting fish S/J doing sorting fish. They are biolgy majors.

L/J doing cutting fish. They are vegetarians and are disgusted.

[Leafsfan.]

Final flight arrived in Tofino. Jen reverses into a fence. LOL

They are getting screen time... Spoiler?

Hockey fails third attempt/

Cormac and Nicole fail fourth team

R/B fail seventh time.

AA finish cutting detour and are in first.

Clue: North Chesterman Beach and find clue at shack.

Twins do sharpe knife their dad died 6 months ago from cancer the other two teams choose eye.

Cormac and Nicole switch detours. so does hockey. RB on their 10th attempt and it goes to commercial!

[smiley]

Where can I stream this?

[Leafsfan.]

Where can I stream this?

Unfortunately there are no steaming links

[Leafsfan.]

R and B get it in their 10th attempt. This tea, is too funny! BOB i smell like fish.

RB and AA are tied for first. RB passed them for first.

MP fail first attempt.

SJ fail first attempt.

Lesbians at 17 pounds. Thinking of switching and they do because they dont have enough fish.

MP switch to filleting...

R/B arrive at surf shack.

Clues are on paddle board and they cant find it.

Load surfboard to bike and drive it to beach. One member has to wave surf for 3 mins and the other has to record on a camera.

AA they are speaking in french and go to beach cuz they cant find the clue on the board.

twins, RR and JS arrive at detour

Suki gets the title quote loL! They get it and are in third place.  Hockey in fourth

[Leafsfan.]

AA arguing over clue in French

Commercial

[Polaroid]

SUKHI WITH THE FISH IN HER PANTS...

[Leafsfan.]

R B arrive at surf.  And rex is struggling.

AA finally find clue. SJ go plug the car while ahead of the pack. LOL

They plugged it in for no reason cuz they have 453 km left 

MP in sixth.

Girls mess up 4tth attempt
Twins get it on first attempt.

J/S mess up first attempt.

Rex falls again.

Audrey surfing. And they got it.  They have to stand only for 3 seconds.

RB: Who gets the drift? Make Tofino beach chair with fishing net and driftwood. When chair can hold someone they get their next clue. Challenge is on other side of beach.

RR switch detours to filleting. This has to be the most mass switch I have seen. Twins are asking locals where surf shack is but no one knows.

Now Bob on the surfboard.

hockey in third. Rex says she prolly has a gold medal in surfing lmao

[Leafsfan.]

Jen and Shawn get their clue. Ahead of Laura Jackie and RR. They told the Lesbians what to do before leaving.

Alain building the chair.

Cormac doing the surfing.

Natalie doing surfing.

M/P in second they get it on first shot.

Meghan can surf lmao! They are in third.

Twins pass S/j and J/s All three at beach now.

Pete doing rb

[Leafsfan.]

We are back..

Editing doesn't seem as rushed as first epi.

RR out of fish and are switching again detours.

Natalie doing rb.

Natalie get clue and are in first place!

Proceed to Crab Dock  by foot.

RB take a 2 hour penalty at surfing.

BOB now doing rb.

Alain's chair passes. They are in second.

Cormac sturggling at surfing.

S/J and they fall hard at beach it appears

twins screaming at each other in french.

[Leafsfan.]

Jinder sturggling at surfing.

Hockey arrive at pitstop in first. A small girl is the greeter.

Two round trip tickets to Hong Kong. Spoiler. also will get 2k

RR get fillet and are in last on their fifth attempt.

AA in second place.

Js now at surfing. Nicole doing surfing now. Shawn says he needs help with shoulder and Nicole screaming he needs help ! Total chaos and it goes  to commercial

[Leafsfan.]

We need medic. Jen runs to ocean. Shawn says we need to get it in. Shoulder out of socket. Suki says omg. The medics say he needs to go to hospital. Shoulder totally dislocated.

Mickey and Pete finish rb in third.

Nicole did the surfing!

Michel did surfing.

Cormac doing rb.

Michel is doing rb. Cormac and Nicole get it in fourth place.

Laura and Jackie arrive in 8th RR arrive in last. They did the placement wrong again!

[Leafsfan.]

PM finish in third.

CN finish fourth

SJ finally get it as RR arrive at surfing.

PM team number five.

RB sixth to arrive but they get a 6 hour penalty.

[Leafsfan.]

S/J get it. Jinder did rb.

Ryan did rb and gets it in 8th place.

Laura in 9th and does rb as well.

SJ in 6th.

RR in seventh and Lesbians in eighth.

JS have withdrawn from the race and are in 9th. And they say oh man...

JS says we have to do it for them in the next leg no more quitting tasks.

Jon asks JS are you okay and they say we didnt lose we cant going. He says you have been eliminated at the hospital

[Leafsfan.]

Next time:

Fly to Hong Kong. China.

Foreign sights sound further then before.

Racers will come face to face with local legend. Bruce lee and have to pose as hi.

Local delicacy. Eat heart of a snake OMFG! They literally show the snake being killed alive.

[Leafsfan.]

Final placement at end of leg 2:

1) Natalie and Meaghan
2) Alain and Audrey
3) Mickey and Pete
4) Cormac and Nicole
5) Pierre and Michel
6) Suhki and Jinder
7) Ryan and Rob
8 ) Laura and Jackie
9) Rex and Bob - 6 hour penalty
10) Jen and Shawn - Withdrew due to injury

[fossil-racer]

This race is harder than before.

[Polaroid]

Another good leg! That fish sorting detour was tough, wow.

Mad love to Jen & Shawn. Sucks that they had to go out so early due to an injury.

Surprised that Rex & Bob took the penalty. They are super lucky... Sukhi & Jinder are so funny. I want to be their friends...

Thanks for updating, Leafs!

[georgiapeach]

Great recap!

http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2014/07/15/ruth-myles-injury-takes-one-team-out-of-the-running-on-the-amazing-race-canada/

[paradoxinee]

Rex and Bob  He finished the chair but then decided to do it all over again, WTH

[gamerfan09]

Basically, I liked this episode, but it felt really dragged out at parts. I'm still tremendously enjoying the season so far though!

CAST RANKINGS FOR EPISODE 2:

Natalie & Meaghan
Sukhi & Jinder
Cormac & Nicole
Alain & Audrey
Laura & Jackie
Jen & Shawn
Mickey & Pete
Rob & Ryan

*gap*
Pierre & Michel

*major gap*
Rex & Bob

[stekay]

I find Rexbob absolutely hilarious! Going from first to worst to penalties just too funny

[WindsorSue]

Meh. Sure they are a source of humour, but way, way too particular. The chair only had to support the guy. It didn't have to be the best on the beach. Taking penalties like that when you are in the lead group? Geesh.

[WindsorSue]

Just rewatched the episode. Favourite moments: Sukhi & Jinder tumbling off the bikes; Alain and Audrey speaking French when they panic & argue; the beach babe judges getting excited when actual surfing dudes Pete and Mickey show up; and Pete and Mickey trying to take a short cut to the mat, through the bushes at shore. Looks like a gif to me!!! hahaha

[stekay]

Reminded me of the three way dash to the pitstop in TAR9 

[Philimination]

A very good leg again!

Tough tasks and a great cast! The US version needs to learn from them 

But Rex & Bob... why would you take the penalty when you finished the chair and took it apart  ?! At least consult the judge before deciding to take it apart?

ALSO: Finally, TAR Canada is leaving Canada and going to Hong Kong! 

[paradoxinee]

About the chair, I think only The Hockey, Ryan & Rob, The Lesbians are the good ones. The others are just so bad.

[Maanca]

A very good leg again!

Tough tasks and a great cast! The US version needs to learn from them 

But Rex & Bob... why would you take the penalty when you finished the chair and took it apart  ?! At least consult the judge before deciding to take it apart?

ALSO: Finally, TAR Canada is leaving Canada and going to Hong Kong! 

Well, I think we know who this year's "villain edit" is.

And I totally agree about the tasks

[WindsorSue]

The chairs only had to stay up. They didn't have to look good. Bob seems like a perfectionist. They were still on the beach when Shawn was injured, so I suspect they knew they couldn't lose this leg, why bother finishing? I have mixed feelings about them. They come up with some good one-liners but they are starting to annoy me at the same time. They will certainly become villains next week at the U Turn....like Rachel and Brandon maybe? A mixed bag.

[runningblind]

Rex & Bob are tremendously irritating for me. Especially "We need to sit on the bench for 6 hours!" - well, you've asked for it.

[WindsorSue]

Rex & Bob are tremendously irritating for me. Especially "We need to sit on the bench for 6 hours!" - well, you've asked for it.

Kind of reminded me of kids having to wait outside the Principal's office because they didn't do their homework or don't play by the rules.  They promised to make up for it on Twitter. Somehow I don't think so.

[Jimmer]

Another fantastic leg by TARCanada!!! TARUS needs to do better, like the leg was almost flawless! Very difficult Detour and Roadblock and Active Route Marker, lots of placement shifts that I love! <3

My only complaint is how the flight split was EXACTLY the same as it was in Leg 1, so it was really linear in that sense and where there was very little if no position shifts between flights in Leg 1, but Leg 2 made up for it where teams 2 hours behind caught up and passed teams!

[redskevin88]

The chairs only had to stay up. They didn't have to look good. Bob seems like a perfectionist. They were still on the beach when Shawn was injured, so I suspect they knew they couldn't lose this leg, why bother finishing? I have mixed feelings about them. They come up with some good one-liners but they are starting to annoy me at the same time. They will certainly become villains next week at the U Turn....like Rachel and Brandon maybe? A mixed bag.

If that's the case... double elimination anyone?!

[gamerfan09]

nvm

[WindsorSue]

The chairs only had to stay up. They didn't have to look good. Bob seems like a perfectionist. They were still on the beach when Shawn was injured, so I suspect they knew they couldn't lose this leg, why bother finishing? I have mixed feelings about them. They come up with some good one-liners but they are starting to annoy me at the same time. They will certainly become villains next week at the U Turn....like Rachel and Brandon maybe? A mixed bag.

LOL if you think Brendon & Rachel were the villains on TAR24.

LOL back at  you. Hahaha. Like I said...mixed bag, because a lot of people loved to laugh at them. I don't expect TARC to portray any team full villain...this will be the closest they come. The team you love to hate. Can't live with them, can't live without them.

[Jimmer]

The chairs only had to stay up. They didn't have to look good. Bob seems like a perfectionist. They were still on the beach when Shawn was injured, so I suspect they knew they couldn't lose this leg, why bother finishing? I have mixed feelings about them. They come up with some good one-liners but they are starting to annoy me at the same time. They will certainly become villains next week at the U Turn....like Rachel and Brandon maybe? A mixed bag.

If that's the case... double elimination anyone?!

Ew no. DELs then put 4 NELs in one season which is way too much IMO. Plus, to avoid rigging, TARCan has to plan everything out so they cannot eliminate someone simply for quitting a task and causing a DEL

[Maanca]

The chairs only had to stay up. They didn't have to look good. Bob seems like a perfectionist. They were still on the beach when Shawn was injured, so I suspect they knew they couldn't lose this leg, why bother finishing? I have mixed feelings about them. They come up with some good one-liners but they are starting to annoy me at the same time. They will certainly become villains next week at the U Turn....like Rachel and Brandon maybe? A mixed bag.

If that's the case... double elimination anyone?!

Ew no. DELs then put 4 NELs in one season which is way too much IMO. Plus, to avoid rigging, TARCan has to plan everything out so they cannot eliminate someone simply for quitting a task and causing a DEL

Rex & Bob seemed like great characters on the first episode, but I think if they were to be saved by a non-elimination now, it would not go over well with viewers. They pretty much became like Dave & Connor after the U-Turn this week. In one episode going from a team that people liked to a team that looks too weak for the race after quitting back to back tasks.

[fossil-racer]

The race is harder
Cast is competitive

I love hockey and alain and audrey.
The others are meh but i love their competitive spirit

[Nyoman_SB1]

WOW... many Canadians are upset because next episode the race continue outside Canada 

[Jimmer]

I really hope they stop complaining because international travel is what makes TAR so fun, and knowing how well TARCan can make legs, I can't wait to see what they come up with in China! It would be a TRAGEDY if ratings drop because of it because TARCan is so good!

[WindsorSue]

I wouldn't worry about it. They complained when they stayed in Canada, they complained when there was no team from certain provinces. I guess we have to complain about something when we gather at Timmies. LOL They will complain when they head back to Canada too.

[Bookworm]

They'll probably complain when the Race route doesn't completely circumnavigate the globe....

[WindsorSue]

They'll probably complain when the Race route doesn't completely circumnavigate the globe....

Oh that's guaranteed 

[Maanca]

I like the route, in and out of Canada like a boomerang. But I`m sure what some people are thinking is that it's not coming back until the end.

[Jimmer]

I don't really like the route and it's really confusing, but I understand why they did it with the Air Canada product placement.

[Dånooky]

I hope the trend of teams being eliminated because of injury doesn't continue. I feel bad for Jen & Shawn since they were one of the teams that were looking forward to the race the most. So far I love the diversity in the cast. Even though the makeup is mostly the same as last season, I give them props for showcasing both an engaged and married same-sex couples. I also like how we can see a different type of personalities when compared to the US TAR and how the teams are not pigeonholed into a flat archetype.

[Cocoa]

Excellent leg! Excellent teams! I love everyone! (But boring/warming-up for Pierre/Michel, Lesbians, and Ryan/Rob)

I hope Rex/Bob are more competitive than that. I love them but at the same time I am disappointed that they quit those two tasks. Hopefully they stay true to their words of living up to Jen/Shawn's elimination.

Gahd, can they produce two seasons a year?? They are soooo good at it Maybe nah, if the magic is because of this well-thought out once a year race, then go!

Excited for HK!!

P.S. Shame on you TAR US! Ew